On Saturday, May 11, 2013 23:59:44 Nick Sabalausky wrote: > On Fri, 10 May 2013 19:04:31 -0400 > > "Jonathan M Davis" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Friday, May 10, 2013 14:31:00 H. S. Teoh wrote: > > > As they say in information theory: it is the stuff that stands out, > > > that is different from the rest, that carries the most information. > > > The stuff that's pretty much repeated every single time conveys > > > very little information. > > > > This is an excellent way of looking at language design (and program > > design for that matter). > > Not to mention data compression ;)
LOL. Yes. That's pretty much what you have to look at in data compression by definition - that and finding ways to make more of the data which is different the same without losing too much information or quality (at least with lossy compression). - Jonathan M Davis
